Lectures on the evidences of Christianity in the nineteenth century
by Albert Barnes
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PREFACE. This course of Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity in the Nineteenth Century was delivered, by appointment, as the first course on the foundation established in tha Union Theological Seminary by Mr. Zebulon Stiles Ely, of New York, in the following terms: " The undersigned gives the sum of ten thousand dollars to the Union Theological Seminary of the city of New York, to found a lectureship in the same, the title of %hich shall be ' The Elias P. Ely Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity.' " The course of Lectures given on this foundation is to comprise any topics that serve to establish the proposition that Christianity is a religion from God, or that it is the perfect and final form of religion for man. "Among the subjects discussed may be " The Nature and Need of a Eevelation; " The Character and Influence of Christ and his Apostles; " The Authenticity and Credibility of the Scriptures : Miracles and Prophecy; chapter{Section 4" The Diffusion and Benefits of Christianity; and " The Philosophy of Keligion in its Relation to the Christian System. "Upon one or more of such subjects a course of ten public Lectures shall be given at least once in two or three years. The appointment of the Lecturer is to be by the concurrent action of the directors and faculty of said seminary and the undersigned; and it shall ordinarily be made two years in advance. " The interest of the fund is to be devoted to the payment of the Lecturers and the publication of the Lectures within a year after the delivery of the same. The copyright of the volumes thus published is to be vested in the seminary. "In case it should seem more advisable, the directors have it at their discretion at times to use the proceeds of this fund in providing special cotir...
This is an OCR edition with typos.
Excerpt from book:
PREFACE. This course of Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity in the Nineteenth Century was delivered, by appointment, as the first course on the foundation established in tha Union Theological Seminary by Mr. Zebulon Stiles Ely, of New York, in the following terms: " The undersigned gives the sum of ten thousand dollars to the Union Theological Seminary of the city of New York, to found a lectureship in the same, the title of %hich shall be ' The Elias P. Ely Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity.' " The course of Lectures given on this foundation is to comprise any topics that serve to establish the proposition that Christianity is a religion from God, or that it is the perfect and final form of religion for man. "Among the subjects discussed may be " The Nature and Need of a Eevelation; " The Character and Influence of Christ and his Apostles; " The Authenticity and Credibility of the Scriptures : Miracles and Prophecy; chapter{Section 4" The Diffusion and Benefits of Christianity; and " The Philosophy of Keligion in its Relation to the Christian System. "Upon one or more of such subjects a course of ten public Lectures shall be given at least once in two or three years. The appointment of the Lecturer is to be by the concurrent action of the directors and faculty of said seminary and the undersigned; and it shall ordinarily be made two years in advance. " The interest of the fund is to be devoted to the payment of the Lecturers and the publication of the Lectures within a year after the delivery of the same. The copyright of the volumes thus published is to be vested in the seminary. "In case it should seem more advisable, the directors have it at their discretion at times to use the proceeds of this fund in providing special cotir...
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Albert Barnes was an American theologian, born at Rome, New York, on December 1, 1798. He graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, in 1820, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1823. Barnes was ordained as a Presbyterian minister by the presbytery of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in 1825, and was the pastor successively of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey (1825-1830), and of the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia (1830-1867).
He was an eloquent preacher, but his reputation rests chiefly on his expository works, which are said to have had a larger circulation both in Europe and America than any others of their class.
Of the well-known Notes on the New Testament, it is said that more than a million volumes had been issued by 1870. The Notes on Job, the Psalms, Isaiah and Daniel found scarcely less acceptance. Displaying no original critical power, their chief merit lies in the fact that they bring in a popular (but not always accurate) form the results of the criticism of others within the reach of general readers. Barnes was the author of several other works of a practical and devotional kind, including Scriptural Views of Slavery (1846) and The Way of Salvation (1863). A collection of his Theological Works was published in Philadelphia in 1875.
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